Rwanda pulls out of 2013 Afrobasket race

RWANDA have withdrawn their bid to host the next Afrobasket men’s championship, Times Sport can establish. The country submitted their bid in August and was odds on favorites to win due to Fiba-Africa’s zonal rotational policy. However, the Secretary General of the national basketball federation (Ferwaba) Jean Lucien Mugabo yesterday revealed that inadequate modern gymnasiums had forced them to reconsider.